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Drama Words
Twelfth Night
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| theme | lesson or moral in a story |
| comedy | play that ends with happy marriages |
| tragedy | play that ends with major characters dieing |
| history | plays based on true stories of famous people of the past |
| poetic language | lines of rhythm and figurative language |
| rhyme | words that sound the same at the end of lines |
| meter | pattern of stressed and unstressed rhyme |
| images | when words bring up pictures in your mind |
| act | 1 of 5 major parts of a play |
| scene | parts of an act |
| stage | platform where actors perform |
| pit | where poor people stood to watch plays |
| gallery | roof area where nobles sat to watch plays |
| dramatic irony | when a character in a play does not know something the audience knows |
| aside | short comment by a character meant to be heard only by the audience |
| monologue | when a character says something in a long speech to the people on stage |
| dialogue | characters talking to each other |
| soliloquy | long speech by one person that only he or she can hear |
| lyrics | words to a song |
| costumes | what people wear on stage as status or time period |
| props | objects characters need to move forward in action |
| lighting | sets the mood and shows transitions in a play |
| scenery | setting |
| surfeit | filling or satisfying |
| naught | nothing |
| abatement | stopping |
| pestilence | purified the air of everything infectious |
| brine | salt water |
| elysium | where the blessed go after death (Greek Mythology) |
| perchance | perhaps; possibly |
| provident | lucky |
| prattle | gossip |
| abjured | avoiding or staying away from |
| eunuch | male soprano |
| excepted | not included |
| prodigal | spendthrift; wastes or spends too much |
| prudent | careful; wise; practical |
| accost | to approach |
| porquoi | why (French) |
| discourse | speech; conversation |
| prosper | successful; grow wealthy |
| malignancy | evil or bad influence |
| distemper | disturb, manage |
| publish | proclaim |
| cunning | craftiness |
| thriftless | useless;fruitless |
| recompense | repayment |
| extravagency | wasting |
| peevishly | impulsive; annoyed; irritated |
| churlish | rude; stingy; boredom |
| frailty | weakness |
| dram | tiniest bit |
| scruple | doubt |
| obstacle | something that blocks or gets in the way |
| incredulous | unbelievable |
| sanctify | to make holy |
| favor | look alike to prefer if you please |
| impetuosity | impulsive doing without thinking |
| venerable | demanding respect |
| unsafe | not safe |
| bounty | treasure or generosity |
| scatheful | harmful |
| adverse | hostile |
| fulsome | disgusting |
| unauspicious | unfavorable |
| beguiled | tricked |
| dissembling | hypocritical |
| epistles | letters |
| notorious | famous in a bad way |
| Epiphany epiphany | Epiphany- twelfth day of Christmas epiphany- sudden realization of something true |
| wordplay | words that are used become the main subject of the work |
| allusion | reference to something or someone else |
| pun | form of word play that suggests two or more meanings |
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